Wheeled sounding toy in the form of a pig



Jan. 29, 1952 w. v. LICHKO 2,583,658 WHEELED SOUNDING TOY IN THE FORM OF A PIG F'il ed Feb. 28, 1950 2 SFEETIS--SHEET .1

INVENTOR WILLIAM V. LICHKO Jan. 29, 1952 w. v. LlCHKO 2,583,658

WHEELED SOUNDING TOY IN THE FORM OF A PIG' Filed Feb. 28, 1950 2 SI-IEETS--SI-IEET 2 E n 24 i 2 5 l I II II I I" II I I F 20 g FIG. 3

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INVENTOR" WILLIAM v. LICHKO BY PZ WflW" Um ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES, PATENT OFFICE WHEELED SOUNDING TOY IN THE FORM OF A PIG William Vasil monks, Cleveland, ohm

Application February 28, 1950, Serial No. 146,778

This invention relates to toyanimals, and more of the pig in either a forward or a rearward direction.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and claims, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of a toy pig constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view, partly in horizontal cross-section, showing the toy pig of Figure l;

3 Claims. (Cl. 4e6-45 through the forward portion of the block l2 and has rotatably mounted on its ends the respective wheels l9 and 20. The wheel is formed with inset gear teeth, shown at 2|.

The outer housing I I is secured to the rear portion of the block I2 by means of a transverse bracket 22 and is secured to the forward end of the block 12 by means of a second transverse bracket 23.

Designated at 24 is av magnet, which may be of circular shape as shown in Figure. 2, said magnet being movably secured to the top surface of the block 12 at its intermediate portion by means of a pair of bolts 25', 25, said bolts being provided with, coil springs 261 positioned between the heads of the bolts and the magnetv 25 and resiliently bearing on the magnet, the bolts passing loosely through the magnet and the body l2 and being provided at their bottom ends with nuts 21. The

rear end of the magnet 24 may be resiliently connected to the block l2 by a spring 28, one

end of the spring engaging an eye 29 carried by the rear portion of the top of the magnet and the other end of the spring being engaged with a .an eye bolt 30 secured to the top wall or the Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional detail view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary bottom view, partly in cross-section, of the toy pig of Figures 1 to 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational detail view of the rear portion of the wheeled frame forming part. of the toy pig of Figure 1; V V

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5, but showing the action of the sounding mechanism responsive to movement of the wheeled. frame in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the frame in Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings, the toy pig is designated generally at H and comprises an external housing simulating the appearance of a pig, said housing being secured ona wheeled frame l2. The frame [2 comprises a rectangular block formed with a large internal recess or cavity l3 which is open at the bottom of the block, as shown at M. The recess I3 and the opening I 4 define a sounding chamber adapted to transmit vibrations applied to the body l2 in a manner to be presently described. The rear wheels, shown at l5, it, are mounted on an axle Iii rotatably secured in brackets H, H, said brackets being in turn secured to the bottom surface of the block I2 at its rear portion. Designated at I8 is a transverse shaft which extends rotatably block I12 rearwardly adjacent the magnet 24.

Designated at 31 is a forwardly extending arm of magnetic material having an apertured rear end, shown at 32, and extending through the aperture in the rear end of the arm is a transverse elastic band 33 secured around the bolts 25, 25 and held down by the springs 26, 26. The magnet 24 carries forwardly adjacent the respective bolts 25, 25 the outwardly directed hooked lugs 34, 34, and engaged around said lugs is another elastic band 35 which transversely overlies the arm 3|, as shown in Figure 2.

' The-bottom edge of the arm 3| is formed with serrations) shown at 36, and the forward end of the arm comprises a triangular cam element 31, said cam. element having respective top and -'bnttom' edges 38, 39 which are inclined withre- 'spect to each other, as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The edge 39 is substantially aligned with the bottom edge of the arm 3|, whereas the top edge 38 is inclined forwardly and upwardly.

Secured to the block l2 forwardly adjacent the magnet 24 is an upstanding guide member of inverted U-shape, shown at 40, said guide mem-'- her being aligned with and receiving the arm 3!; As shown in Figure 5, the upper portion'of the guide member 40 is bent rearwardly, as in- :dicated'at M, to provide'clearance for the triangular cam element 31.

Desi nated respectively at 42, 43 are upstand- 'ing. brackets secured to the block member l2,

3 and journaled in said brackets is a transvers shaft 44 to the inner end of which is secured a vertical disc 45. Disc 45 carries diametrically opposed, inwardly extending pin elements 46, 46 adapted to cammingly engage the cam member 31 of the arm 3| responsive to rotation of the disc 45. As shown in Figure 5, when the disc 45 is rotated in a clockwise direction, the pin elements45, 43 successively engage the bottom edge 39 of the cam member 31 and raise the arm 3| until the pin elements 46 rotate past the forward edge of the cam member 31, at which time the arm BI is released. As the arm 3| is being elevated by a pin element 45, the elastic band 35 is stretched, and when the pin element 46 slips out from beneath the edge 39, the elastic band 35 returns the arm 3| into contact with the top surface of the magnet 24, the magnetic attraction of said magnet greatly reinforcing the action of the band 35, whereby the arm 3| strikes the surface of the magnet with considerable force, causing the arm 3| and magnet 24 to vibrate,

.and also causing the triangular cam element 31 to vibrate. The cam element 31 has a substantial area, the magnet is relatively heavy, and the arm 3| is relatively long, whereby the various vibrations produced by impact of the arm 3| grunting of a pig. A similar effect is produced when the disc 45 .rotates counterclockwise, as shown in Figure 6, whereby the pin elements 46,

46 successively engage the inclined top edge 38 of the cam member 31, causing the arm 3| to pivot around the forward corner of the magnet 24, said pivotal action being provided by the en- .gagement of one of the serration notches in the bottom edge of the arm 3| with said forward corner portion of the magnet. When the arm j3| is rotated-downwardly by the camming en- .gagement of a pin 46 with the top edge 38 of the cam member 31, as shown in Figure 6, the elastic band 33 is stretched upwardly, and when the pin element 46 slips past the cam edge 38, the arm is released and the elastic band 33 pulls the arm back toward its normal horizontal position, and at the same time the attractive force of the magnet greatly increases the impact forcewith which the arm strikes the top surface of the magnet. When the rear portion of thearm strikesthe top surface of the magnet, vibrations are developed in the arm, in the magnet, and in the triangular cam element 31, said vibrations being similar to the aforementioned 5 low-pitched vibrations produced when the disc member 45 is rotated in a clockwise direction.

The outer end of the shaft 44 carries a relatively large gear 41 which meshes with a small gear 48 carried on a transverse shaft 49 rotatably supported on vertical arms 5|], 50 carried by the bracket 43. Secured on the outer end of shaft '49 is a relatively large gear 5| which meshes with the inset gear teeth 2| of the wheel 20. The disc 45' is therefore coupled to wheel 20 by the shaft 44, the gear 41, the small gear 48, the gear 5| and the gear teeth 2 I. Therefore, movement of the toy along the floor in either direction causes disc 45 to be rotated, and such movement produces vibration of the arm 3|, the magnet, and the cam element 31, as above described, by the engagement and release of the pin elements 46 with the cam element 31. The low-pitched sounds produced by vibration of the arm 3|, the magnet, and said cam element 31 are very to the grunting of a pig, and therefore the sound produced by the toy animal responsive to movement thereof is very lifelike and entertaining.

The nose of the pig-shaped housing II is provided with a ring 52 to which a string 53 may be tied, whereby the pig may be drawn along the floor by pulling on the string 53.

While a specific embodiment of a sounding toy animal has been disclosed in the foregoing description, it will be understood that various modiflcations within the spirit of the invention may occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that no limitations be placed on the invention except as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a sounding toy of the character described, a frame, a plurality of wheels journaled to said frame, a magnet mounted on said frame, an arm of magnetic material, resilient means yieldably connecting one end of said arm to the intermediate portion of the top of said magnet,

means biasing said one end of the armdownwardly into contact with the top of the magnet, a vertical member rotatably mounted on said frame for rotation around a horizontal axis, the plane of said member being parallel to the arm, a projection on said member cammingly engageable with the other end of said arm and arranged to move a portion of the arm away from the magnet, said arm being arranged to slip out of engagement with said projection during the cycle of rotation of said member, whereby the released arm is attracted toward and strikes the magnet, causing the arm to vibrate, and means coupling said member to at least one of the wheels of the frame.

2. In a sounding toy of the character described, a frame, a plurality of wheels journaled to said frame, a magnet mounted on said frame, an arm of magnetic material, resilient means yieldably connecting one end of said arm to the top of said magnet, an elastic band secured transversely on the magnet and transversely overlying said one end of the arm biasing said one end of the arm downwardly into contact with the top of the magnet, the lower edge of said arm being serrated, whereby the arm may at times pivot on the edge of the magnet, a vertical disc rotatably mounted on said frame for rotation around a horizontal transverse axis, a plurality of spaced projections on said disc cammingly engageable with the other end of said arm and arranged to move a portion of the arm away from the magnet, said arm being arranged to slip out of engagement with said projections during the rotation of said disc, whereby the released arm is pulled toward and strikes the magnet, causing the arm to vibrate, and a gear train carried by the frame and coupling the disc to one of the wheels of saidframe.

3, In a sounding toy of the character described, a frame, a plurality of wheels journaled to said frame, a magnet .yieldably secured to said frame, an arm of magnetic material, resilient means yieldably connecting the rear end of said arm to the top of said magnet, an elastic band secured transversely on the magnet forwardly of said means and transversely overlying said rear end of the arm, biasing said rear end downwardly into contact with the top of the magnet, the lower edge of said arm being serrated, whereby the arm may at times pivot on the edge of the magnet, a vertical triangular cam carried at the iorwardend ofsaid arm, avertical disc rotatably 6 a mounted on said frame for rotation around 2. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the proJections on said disc engageable with the edges me of this patent:

the arm away from the magnet, said cam being 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS arranged to slip out of engagement with said Number Name Date projections during the rotation of said disc, 1,746,278 Prunetti Feb. 11. 1930 whereby the released arm is pulled toward and 2,147,600 Fisher Feb. 14, 1939 cam to vibrate, and a gear tram carried by said 1 frame and coupling the disc to one of the wheels of said frame.

WILLIAM VASIL LICHKO. 

